Examples

• Islam guarantees freedom of thought, conscience and religion by recognizing every person's right to choose the faith which his mind and conscience deem best, without any compulsion, in accordance with the words of Almighty God: “There is no compulsion in religion. True guidance is now distinct from error” (verse 256 of the chapter entitled “The Cow”). Almighty God made the Prophet's mission clear by addressing him as follows: “Therefore, give warning!
  الحق في حرية الفكر والعقيدة والدين: لقد كفل الإسلام حرية الفكر والعقيدة والدين بأن جعل للإنسان الحق في اختيار ما يؤدي إليه تفكيره ويستقر عليه وجدانه من عقيدة دون إكراه عملاً بقولـه تعالى: "لا إكراه في الدين، قد تبين الرشد من الغي" (البقرة: 256).
• It was alleged that on 2 October 2000, during a class in the presence of students, he had stated that the prophet was not Muslim before his fortieth birthday, and that the prophet's parents were not Muslims because their deaths pre-dated the prophet's announcement of his mission.
  ويقال إنه أعلن في أثناء محاضرة أمام الطلبة في 2 تشرين الأول/أكتوبر 2000 بأن النبي لم يكن مسلماً قبل بلوغه الأربعين من العمر وأن والديه كانا من غير المسلمين لأنهما توفا قبل إعلان النبي لرسالته.